John's "Lost Weekend"

Sometime in the late '70s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono broke up. I forget why exactly, but I'm sure it was because he was an egotistical ass (he was). This time in his life/career his known as his "lost weekend." It wasn't really a weekend, it was actually several years. It's known as his lost weekend, though, because during this period all John did was party and try to forget Yoko. He got pretty fucked up, if I remember correctly. He recorded a bunch of mediocre albums..."Walls and Bridges," and that one his label (and the courts) made him do of '50s covers. I'm also pretty sure he had sex with Elton John during this time (they did a couple of songs together...and well...there has always been rumors that John tried that sort of thing...at least once with Brain Epstien). Dark, scary times.

Of course, John and Yoko got back together and became Johnandyoko again. People were so pissed off. He pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth and became a stay at home dad. The year he died, he and Yoko did their last album "Double Fantasy," which despite what my Mom would say...is pretty crappy. His half is listenable, but very sappy and sentimental. "(Just Like) Starting Over" is good though. I'm not sure what the lesson here is. I do know that when he died, he was happy because he was back where he belonged, with Yoko.


Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere alone

It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Everyday we used to make it love
Why can't we be making love nice and easy
It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by my love
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Why don't we take off alone
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again
Like we used to in the early days
Well, well, well darling

It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you darling
It's like we both are falling in love again
It'll be just like starting over, starting over

Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere

Starting over